loofah
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editloofah (plural loofahs)
- Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.
- The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing.
- Any bath sponge; a sponge on a handle.
Derived terms
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edittropical vine
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dried fibrous interior used as a sponge
Verb
editloofah (third-person singular simple present loofahs, present participle loofahing, simple past and past participle loofahed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To clean or scrub with a loofah.
- 2006, Scott Dikkers, Peter Hilleren, Destined for Destiny, page 63:
- And she took good care of my feet, massaging them and loofahing the calluses away.
- 2012, Jill Smolinski, Objects of My Affection:
- I may have snuck in showering myself—plus shaving, loofahing, hair blow-drying, reapplying makeup, changing my outfit five times, and winding up in what I started out with.
References
edit- “loofah”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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- en:Bathing
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